Shoe display easel



Feb. s, 1933.

M. POLLING ER SHOE DISPLAY YEASEL Fij' ed Nov; 24, 1936 I INVENIOR. /70/?R/6 .D. PoM/WG-ER Mzw ATTORNEY 5 Patented Feb. 8, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE a 2,107,306 1 SHOEH msrn r nasal.. Morris D. Pollinger, Stamford Conn. ApplicationNovember 24, 1936, Serial. No. 112,477

Claims.

This inventionrelates to display devices and refers more particularly to an improved display easel for shoes by virtue of which the same may be supported at an angle coinciding approximate- 5 1y with the angle at which a shoe is viewed by the wearer when being worn.

The invention broadly aims to provide a display easel by meansof which a shoe is supported at an angle to a horizontal bearing surface with the upper part of the shoe displayed and the heel portion downwardly corresponding to the angle from which the wearer visualizes the shoe as worn by him, the easel being so constructed and arranged as to aiford a stable support while substantially concealed from View.

More particularly the invention comprehends a display easel for shoes which is readily collapsible from a set up condition to a compact folded arrangement for storage and shipment.

As a further feature the invention resides in an improved easel for the purpose specified which is constructed from a minimum of simple parts whereby the same may be economically produced and assembled and which is highly efficient for its intended purpose.

With the above enumerated and other objects in view, reference is now made to the following specification and accompanying drawing in which there is disclosed by way of example, a preferred embodiment of the invention, while the'appended claims cover variations and modifications thereof which fall within the scope of the invention.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an easel constructed in accordance with the invention, i1- lustrating a shoe supported thereby for display.

Fig. 2 is a similar view thereof on a larger scale with the shoe removed.

Fig. 3 is a rear face View of the easel illustrating the parts in folded or collapsed condition.

Fig. 4 is a side edge View thereof.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken approximately on the line 5--5 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing by characters of reference, the easel includes a body member designated generally by the reference character A and a prop member designated generally by the reference character B, each of which members is preferably fashioned from sheet metal or any other equivalent material adapted for the intended purpose.

The body member A has a straight lower marginal edge Ill adapted to engage with the easel supporting surface and has curved opposite side 55 edges II which merge into upwardly converging side edges [2 terminating in a rounded upper edge l3 to provide an elongated structure in which the lower portion thereof conforms generally to the shape of the shoe heel. This lower portion is provided with oppositelyv disposed up standing marginal lugs M which are preferably formed integral with the body member and which are provided with roughened or serrated inner surfaces l5, which surfaces diverge toward the upper endof the'body member so as to engage with the opposite sides of the arcuate rear portion of the shoe heel and thereby support the shoe so that the heel is slightly elevated above the supporting surface.

The tread portion of the heel and ball of the shoe is designed to rest upon the upper surface of the body member A which is also roughened or serrated as at l6 adjacent its upper end. Preferably, the body A is provided with upper and lower cut-out portions Ill and H8 in order to lighten the weight of the same, thereby leaving between the two cut-out portions a transverse cross piece H) which in addition to strengthening the structure, serves as a mounting for the prop member B.

In order to strengthen the body member longitudinally, rearwardly depressed linear beads 28 are formed in the body parallel to the upwardly converging marginal edges l2. The prop member B is of substantially rectangular configuration and is formed with a substantially V-shaped notch 2| opening through the upper end thereof and defining a pair of furcations 22 having angularly disposed hooked terminals 23 which, by flexing of the furcations towards each other, are engaged in slots 24 in the cross piece 19. This swingably attaches the prop member B to the body member A whereby the same may be swung from the active supporting position shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5, to the inactive folded positions shown in Figs. 3 and 4 where the prop lies parallel to the body in order to occupy a minimum amount of space for storage and shipment.

The outer sides of the furcations 22 are rabbeted as at 25 and the rabbeted portions are formed with upturned stop ears 26 which are designed to engage with the rear or undersurface of the body member A to limit the opening movement of the prop member and sustain the body member at a predetermined angle which corresponds approximately to the angle at which a shoe is directly viewed when on the foot of the wearer. This angularity may be slightly varied, if desired, by bending the stop earsv 26 forwardly or rearwardly of the length of the prop member.

What is claimed is:

1. A shoe display easel including an elongated body of sheet material upon one surface of which the tread portions of the shoe are adapted to rest, rearwardly directed prop means for supporting the same at an angle to a supporting surface, and oppositely disposed upstanding lugs on opposite side edges of said body, spaced above the lower supporting edge thereof and having their inner surfaces diverging towards the upper end of the body for engagement with the opposite sides of the arcuate rear portion of the shoe heel.

2. A shoe display easel including an elongated body of sheet material of gradually decreasing width from the lower portion thereof to the upper end and upon one surface of which the tread portions of the shoe are adapted to rest, a rearwardly directed prop means for supporting the same at an angle to a supporting surface, and oppositely disposed upstanding marginal lugs at the lower portion of the said body having roughened inner surfaces diverging towards the upper 'end of the body for engagement with the opposite sides of the arcuate rear portion of the shoe heel.

3. A shoe display easel including an elongated body having a straight lower edge adapted to engage with a supporting surface, the lower portion of said body conforming generally to the shape of the shoe heel and having oppositely disposed upstanding marginal lugs, the inner surfaces of which diverge upwardly and are adapted to engage with opposite sides of the arcuate rear portion of the shoe heel, the upper portion of said body underlying the ball of the shoe, and a rearwardly directed prop for supporting the body at an angle to said supporting surface.

4. In a shoe display easel, an elongated body 7 member upon which the shoe is adapted to rest, and a prop member having bifurcated upper ends formed with hooked terminals, slotted portions of the body member with which the hooked terminals are engaged to connect the body and prop for relative swinging movement from an active rearwardly directed angular position to an inactive folded position, and upstanding stop means on said member for limiting the opening movement thereof.

5. A shoe display easel fashioned from sheet material and including an elongated body member upon which the tread areas of the heel and ball portions of the shoe are adapted to rest, oppositely disposed upstanding marginal lugs adjacent the lower portion of the body member having inner surfaces diverging towards the forepart of the body for engagement with opposite sides of the arcuate rear portion of the heel, and a prop member having a bifurcated forward end and angularly disposed hooked terminals at the extremity of each furcation, slotted portions of the body member into which said terminals are sprung to swingably connect the prop therewith, and an upstanding stop ear on each furcation adapted to engage with the body member for limiting the angular disposition of the prop with reference thereto.

MORRIS D. POLLINGER. 

